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Legendary New Orleans pianist, composer and arranger Allen Toussaint is the latest big name to be added to this year’s EFG London Jazz Festival, which takes place from 13-22 November at over 50 venues including the capital’s major concert halls and jazz...

Finnish saxophonist Timo Lassy, who has been stirring up the jazz scene across Europe having been hailed as a “rising star” in Downbeat magazine, makes his London debut at the Pheasantry in Chelsea, on 10 August at 8.30pm. Lassy will perform material from...

Jazz on the silver screen will be celebrated at the Curzon Cinema in Bloomsbury, near London’s Russell Square, during the first weekend in August, with a selection of films, playbacks of rare recordings and historical talks, featuring Jazzwise’s own Selwyn...

Tune in to BBC Radio 3's Jazz on 3 programme this evening (Monday, 27 July) to hear an exclusive session by former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Shabaka Hutchings, drummer Mark Guiliana and bassist Chris Morrissey.
As a taster, you can watch a film of the...

This month’s edition of Jazz in The Round at the Cockpit Theatre in Marylebone on 27July features two double-tenor sax quintets led by Alex Garnett and George Crowley, punctuated by a solo performance from Tunde Jegede.
Opening the concert, which starts at...

There is just one week left before submissions close for the 2015 Mercury Music Prize, for any musicians considering entering their recording for this prestigious award, worth £20,000. In previous years jazz artists have benefitted hugely from their...

The Manchester Jazz Festival celebrates 20 years of presenting new and invigorating jazz this year, when it runs from 31 July to 9 August, in what looks set to be its biggest ever programme with 78 gigs featuring 400 musicians, over 10 days and nights around...

Following the unexpected death of revered British pianist John Taylor on 17 July, the Piano Summit concert at the Purcell Room on 9 September will now be a night dedicated to the late great British pianist who died after suffering a heart attack while...

The revered and much loved British jazz pianist John Taylor has died after suffering a heart attack while performing at theSaveurs Jazz Festival in Segré, in western Franceon Friday 17 July. He was resuscitated shortly after the attack but died later in...

Four-time Grammy Award winning bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding has made something of a left-turn with her latest project, entitled Emily’s D+Evolution, which she brings to London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire on 2 November. The follow up to her Chamber...